good performance; good work; great success
farmland; rice field or paddy
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
exemplar; model; example; pattern
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
in advance; beforehand; previously
now that; since; so long as; because
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
variant; variation; variety; (taxonomical) variety
good-looking woman; concubine
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to have one's hair stand on end
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
as is habit; the way life normally is
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to strike out; to start swimming
though; notwithstanding; although
movements; sitting and standing